Perceptions, politics and the future

King Anthony Perez 09/04/2018

MARRIAGE WITHOUT RECOGNITION A recent Pew Research Center study showed that the Philippines ranked 10th among 17 countries in the world with a high level of public acceptance for homosexuals. But while this may be so, a…

Davide pleads for Magpale to reconsider retirement from politics

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/25/2018

Wanting to bolster his bid for reelection, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III continues to ask Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale to reconsider her decision to retire from politics. Davide said she badly needs Magpale as runningmate. In previous…

House leadership change will not affect local politics, Cebu City dads say

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/24/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he is happy that members of the Lower House have decided to oust Davao Del Norte Representative Pantaleon Alvarez as House Speaker, and be replaced by former President and Pampanga Representative…

Mabatid blames Osmeña on clamping of barangay vehicles

Morexette Erram 07/13/2018

  Mabolo Barangay Captain Niña Mabatid blamed Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for playing politics on clamping four vehicles of their barangay. Mabatid said enforcers from the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) clamped the vehicles on Friday…

PNP eyes politics behind local officials’ slay

Inquirer.net 07/08/2018

After two mayors and one vice-mayor were brazenly killed in a span of a week, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that politics may be a possible motive for all cases, especially since the next elections will…

PDP-LABAN IN LOCAL POLITICS 

Jessa Mae Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/03/2018

DUTERTE YEAR 2 (CONCLUSION) It is said that history is bound to repeat itself. And indeed this was so when in November 2017, an estimated 50,000 spectators and elected officials flocked to Plaza Independencia to witness another…

‘No politics in Cebu City’s agri projects’

Rosalie Abatayo 07/01/2018

Several agricultural projects are lined up for Cebu City’s mountain barangays regardless of their political affiliation, the barangay captain designated as project coordinator for the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. Mabolo Barangay Captain Niña Mabatid said she…

De Castro to new lawyers: Hard work, not politics, will get you ahead

Inquirer.net 06/01/2018

“RELY solely on your work’s merit to get ahead.” Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro relayed this message to 1,724 successful Bar examinees in her speech during their oath-taking ceremony at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)…

Politics blocking BRT

Editorial 05/28/2018

By all means let Cebu City Hall implement the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project if only to provide its residents a viable alternative mass transport option while the national government deliberates on its so-called “basket of solutions”…

Money politics in Barangay and SK Elections

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 05/21/2018

People are still talking about the recently concluded barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan elections and how the political exercise has become a case for money politics even among the young, with very few exceptions. Vote buying, intimidation and…

Death and politics

Editorial 05/18/2018

As we extend our heartfelt condolences to the people of Barangay Duljo-Fatima on the passing of their newly elected Chairman Ricardo Joel Ycong, we also pay attention to it as a sign that those in power should…

NBI-7 to conduct parallel investigation on Loot ambush

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 05/17/2018

The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) is conducting a parallel investigation on the ambush of Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot and members of his family at Barangay Maya port last Sunday, May 10. NBI-7 Director…

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